WavePad Sound Editor Makes Audio Editing Simple

If you're looking to make a ringtone from your favorite MP3 without having to use iTunes to do it, don't want to invest in feature-heavy audio editing software just to clean up some noisy mp3s or digital conversions of your old cassette tapes, or if you're a DJ looking for an app that will help you package up your mixes for easy downloading, WavePad Sound Editor can help. WavePad can handle just about any audio type you throw at it, offers all of the editing tools that many users will need for basic audio editing, and best of all, is completely free.

WavePad has an easy-to-use interface that sits on top of some powerful audio editing tools. The app supports virtually every audio format commonly used, including MP3, WAV, real audio, OGG, FLAC, GSM, and more. You can cut, paste, copy, and trim audio files of almost any type. If you're looking to create your own audio, Wavepad allows you to insert audio files into other audio files, delete data from your audio files, and more. WavePad also supports editing your audio specifically for use on popular portable devices like the iPod or PSP.

The app also includes a wealth of audio effects and tools to normalize the volume in your audio files, apply filters like reverb and echo, change the sample rate, and more. If you're looking to normalize the audio of your music collection, for example, WavePad can perform batch audio edits to your entire music folder and handle all of your tunes at the same time.

In addition to being a feature-rich audio editor, the app is also a strong audio recorder. The app can record audio from your computer's microphone or other audio input source and save it as any of its supported file formats, or even write it directly to CD if you install the module to do that. Also included with the app is the BroadWave Streaming Audio Server (optional part of the install) that allows you to record music directly from your computer's audio input source and then share it over the Web like a streaming Internet radio station.

WavePad comes with a number of optional components that can be added to your installation, including the streaming audio server, a music manager called Zulu, and CD authoring tools. Most of those tools are unnecessary, and only server to fatten up an otherwise lightweight audio editor that already packs more than enough features.

WavePad Sound Editor is free to download and free to use, although it occasionally nags you to purchase the premium version. Normally I would suggest Audacity for all of your audio editing needs, but if you either don't like Audacity or you're looking for another application to add to your toolkit, Wavepad sports most of the features of Audacity and is almost as cross-platform, supporting virtually every version of Windows (including Vista), Mac OS X 10.2 or later (both PowerPC and Intel installers are available - the app is not a Universal Binary). WavePad only works on Linux through WINE, so Linux users are out of luck.

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